When you think of Louisiana what comes to mind? A small boot-shaped state? Well, when Louisiana was first in the hands of the United States it was a very large territory that took up about a third of present-day America. Up until this point, his vast area of land had remained unexplored. As a result, the Lewis and Clark Expedition was initiated by the current president, Thomas Jefferson. The Lewis and Clark expedition was the exploration of the Louisiana purchase.America bought the Louisiana purchase from France in 1803 for $15,000,000.
The expedition was launched that same year and on this journey they searched for a water route to the pacific. The Lewis And Clark expedition’s greatest achievement was mapping the west because it created the first accurate maps of the west, It was the original purpose of the expedition, and aided in building relationships with Indians.
The reason why mapping the west was the expedition's greatest achievement is that it helped create the first accurate maps of the west. This can be easily seen just by looking at the map in Document D. It has excruciating detail from the path of their onward journey and their returning, to spot on points of interest. This is exactly the kind of map Jefferson wanted. This detail was important because it was one of the first maps made of the west.
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Although others could have traveled on this expedition later, the initiation of the journey so early on led to the faster-paced building of America. Altogether this journey was very important. If America had never bought the Louisiana purchase we would not be nearly as powerful as we are today. Hopefully, the next time you think of Louisiana, you remember that it started out much